TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 20: 31 Days of Oscar: Paramount Pictures

Today is, among other things, a celebration of nerds. Who knew that a movie featuring linguists (The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and one about a herpetologist (The Lady Eve) could be so much fun?

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

12:00 AM
Love Parade, The (1929)
A count finds his marriage to a queen less than satisfying.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier , Jeanette MacDonald , Lupino Lane .
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC,



2:00 AM
Smiling Lieutenant, The (1931)
A misfired flirtation lands a young lieutenant married to a princess instead of the one he loves.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier , Claudette Colbert , Miriam Hopkins .
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:00 AM
Farewell To Arms, A (1932)
An American serving in World War I falls for a spirited nurse.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Helen Hayes , Gary Cooper , Adolphe Menjou .
BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC,



5:30 AM
Second Chorus (1940)
Two composers vie for their lady manager's heart as they head for Broadway.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Fred Astaire , Paulette Goddard , Artie Shaw .
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC,

7:00 AM
Way Down South (1939)
A young orphan fights off attempts to steal his inheritance.
Dir: Bernard Vorhaus Cast: Bobby Breen , Alan Mowbray , Ralph Morgan .
BW-61 mins, TV-PG,

8:30 AM
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Merle Oberon , Melvyn Douglas , Burgess Meredith .
BW-83 mins, TV-G,



10:00 AM
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
A USO girl defies the rules when she falls for a soldier visiting the star-studded Stage Door Canteen.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Judith Anderson , Kenny Baker , Tallulah Bankhead .
BW-131 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:15 PM
This Is Cinerama (1952)
Documentary designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama.
Dir: Michael Todd Cast: Lowell Thomas ,
C-124 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 PM
How the West Was Won (1962)
Three generations of pioneers take part in the forging of the American West.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb .
C-165 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM
Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm, The (1962)
Fanciful biography of the German fairy-tale collectors, with reenactments of three of their stories.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Laurence Harvey , Karl Boehm , Claire Bloom .
C-136 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: PARAMOUNT PICTURES

8:00 PM
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
A gigolo flees Nazi occupation and sets his sights on a shy schoolteacher who happens to be a US citizen.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Charles Boyer , Olivia de Havilland , Paulette Goddard .
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC,

10:15 PM
Going My Way (1944)
A young priest revitalizes a failing parish and brings new life to the elder priest.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Bing Crosby , Barry Fitzgerald , Frank McHugh .
BW-127 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:30 AM
Lady Eve, The (1941)
A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Henry Fonda , Charles Coburn .
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC,



2:15 AM
Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
A group of veterans help a small-town fraud convince his family he was a war hero.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Eddie Bracken , Ella Raines , Raymond Walburn .
BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:15 AM
Great McGinty, The (1940)
A hobo rises to town mayor when he hooks up with a crooked political boss.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Brian Donlevy , Muriel Angelus , Akim Tamiroff .
BW-82 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:45 AM
Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Van Heflin , Lizabeth Scott .
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC,